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Books I’ve Read, Loved, Hated, or Thought About Too Much

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Just sharing books I’ve read, my honest opinions, and the ones that either kept me up all night or made me question why I kept reading. A mix of fantasy, romance, thrillers, and random reads.
 
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A dark fantasy romance loosely inspired by King Midas, following a woman trapped in a gilded world who slowly begins reclaiming herself and questioning everything around her. I don’t know what it was about this series, but I absolutely gobbled all 6...
The Plated Prisoner Series by Raven Kennedy - Goodreads
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I originally picked this up because I kept hearing people compare it to Fourth Wing, and honestly I can see why. It has that fantasy romance energy centered around dangerous trials, power struggles, and characters trying to survive in a brutal world ...
The Wolves of Ruin Series by Sable Sorensen - Goodreads
 
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This one is REALLY popular, and I genuinely wanted to love it because the premise sounded great, but the more I read and thought about it afterward, the more I realized a lot of the plot and character decisions just didn’t fully work for me personall...
Daggermouth (The Heart, #1) by H.M. Wolfe | Goodreads
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I’ll be honest, this book took me a minute to get into because of all the math, science, and technical terminology 😅 But once I got past that, I ended up really loving it. It somehow managed to feel emotional, stressful, funny, and surprisingly hea...
Project Hail Mary: A Novel - Andy Weir
 
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This series was honestly a rollercoaster. One of my favorite things about it was figuring out the plot twists and realizing afterward that some of the things I found confusing or frustrating at first were actually intentional. The second book especia...
Shield of Sparrows 3-Book Series Kindle
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I thought this book would be a great psychological thriller because the premise immediately hooked me. A family shows up at a house claiming they used to live there, and things slowly get stranger from there. Unfortunately, this one just didn't work...
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer | Goodreads
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Honestly, this was probably my favorite series I've read all year. It reminded me of a mix between My Hero Academia and Solo Leveling, with little bits of other anime sprinkled throughout that made it feel familiar while still being its own thing. T...
Quest Academy (6 book series) Kindle Edition
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